RS-SECURITY CHIDAMBARAM 4LST

Chidambaram said the Centre's priority is to coordinate
with the state governments to reclaim areas under Naxal
control as was done in Lalgarh in West Bengal.

He said the Maoists were told to abjure violence without
laying arms. "I said abjure violence.... give me 72 hours to
respond. I will consult Prime Minister and Chief Ministers.
But their answer was abjuring violence is not on their agenda
and they believe in armed struggle," he said.
The Home Minister regretted that incidents of beheading
people, whom they consider police informers and blowing up of
schools continued.
Regarding government's approach towards tackling
terrorism, insurgency and naxalism, Chidambaram said, "We need
to approach the issue in a hard-headed manner not hard-hearted
manner. UPA is adopting practical and realistic policies to
deal with various internal security problems."
Chidambaram said intelligence has been revamped across the
country as a result of which no terrorist attack or communal
riot took place in last one year.
On insurgency in the North East of India, Chidambaram
said, "All but three states in the North East are entirely
peaceful... Our problems are in Assam and Manipur. Manipur is
a cause for worry. I intend to pay greater attention to it."
In Nagaland, there is some uneasy truce. Both factions of
NSCN are being pursued to come to the negotiation table.
Killings have stopped. In Assam an interlocutor is talking to
four groups. Leadership of Dima Halam Daoga (DHD) has been
virtually neutralised and NDFB is coming forward for talks, he
added. PTI PC
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